Background The duplication of genes can occur through various mechanisms and is thought
to make a major contribution to the evolutionary diversification of organisms. There is …

Spiders are ecologically important predators with complex venom and extraordinarily tough
silk that enables capture of large prey. Here we present the assembled genome of the social …

Despite the establishment of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing protocols in a wide range of
organisms, genetic engineering is still challenging for many organisms due to constraints …

The genome editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 has led to major advancements in many
research fields and this state-of-the-art tool has proven its use in genetic studies for various …

Hox genes are known for their role in the specification of typical body plan features in
animals. Evolutionary changes in Hox gene function are believed to be involved in the …

The proliferation of genomic resources for Chelicerata in the past 10 years has revealed that
the evolution of chelicerate genomes is more dynamic than previously thought, with multiple …

Spiders are a diverse order of chelicerates that diverged from other arthropods over 500
million years ago. Research on spider embryogenesis, particularly studies using the …

Neofunctionalization of duplicated gene copies is thought to be an important process
underlying the origin of evolutionary novelty and provides an elegant mechanism for the …

Chelicerate arthropods exhibit dynamic genome evolution, with ancient whole-genome
duplication (WGD) events affecting several orders. Yet, genomes remain unavailable for a …

Paired box genes are conserved across animals and encode transcription factors playing
key roles in development, especially neurogenesis. Pax6 is a chief example for functional …